مفتی

See also: مفتي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

مفتی • (müftî)

(Islam) mufti

Descendants

Turkish: müftü
→ Macedonian: муфтија (muftija)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1929

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muf.ˈtiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊf.t̪ʰíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊf.t̪ʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muf.t̪ʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mof.t̪ʰíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muf.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muftī
Dari reading^?	muftī
Iranian reading^?	mofti
Tajik reading^?	muftī

Etymology 1

(moft, “free”) +‎ (-i).

Adjective

مفتی • (mofti)

free, gratis, free of charge
Synonyms: مفت (moft), رایگان (râyegân)

Etymology 2


Iranian Persian	مفتی
Dari	مفتی
Tajik	муфтӣ

Borrowed from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Noun

مُفْتی • (mofti)

(Islam) mufti
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 424”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
  منعم مکن ز عشق وی ای مفتی زمان
  معذور دارمت که تو او را ندیده‌ای
  man'-am ma-kon zi išq-i way ay muftī-yi zamān
  ma'zūr dār-am-at ki tu ō rā na-dīda'ī
  Do not prohibit me from loving him/her, o mufti of the age!
  Grant me pardon, since you have not seen him/her.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (muftī), from Arabic مُفْتٍ (muftin).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊf.t̪iː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

مُفْتی • (muftī) m (Hindi spelling मुफ़्ती)

(Islam) mufti

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